new returning the same memory....

[Codifies]

On Thursday, 8 November 2018 at 11:46:44 UTC, Codifies wrote:
> when creating a new instance of a class
>
> aclass a = new aclass();
>
> I was under the impression that this created a new chunk of 
> memory on the heap...
>
> however I'm trying to create this class instance in another 
> classes method, I also need to store a pointer to this newly 
> created instance in the same method.
>
> when I look at the actual value of the pointer, although it 
> does change after multiple goes, frequently its the same value.
>
> It almost looks like its allocating on the local stack and its 
> made a new instance thats entirely local to the factory method.
>
> do I need to manually allocate the memory ?? how do I do this? 
> how can I allow the GC to clean this up?
>
> I'm *really* discombobulated now, as new doesn't seem to be 
> working how I thought it did!!!

I'll try to spin up a minimal example...